Tag: police
N. Korean police and state security officials in Pyongsong receive year’s...
North Korean police and state security officers in Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, recently received a year's worth of food rations. Amid government propaganda about...
N. Korea bolsters special police unit to guard against anti-state activities
In the early months of this year, North Korea expanded the troop strength of an armed mobile unit attached to the Ministry of Social...
N. Korea’s Social Security Regulation Act expands scope of crackdowns on...
North Korea enacted the "Social Security Regulation Act" in 2020 around the same time that it changed the name of the country’s national police...
Samsu County officials jail elderly man for causing disturbance at police...
A man in his 60s living in Samsu County was recently jailed for causing a disturbance at a police station while trying to deal...
N. Korea’s national police agency orders punishments for those disturbing public...
On Feb. 10, North Korea's Ministry of Social Security issued an order to curb and punish “criminal activity that causes social chaos and disturbs...
Source confirms use of new terms, titles for Ministry of Social...
Two months after North Korea changed the name of the Ministry of People’s Security (equivalent to South Korea’s National Police Agency) to the Ministry...
Behind the Ministry of People’s Security’s recent name change
North Korea’s recent move to change the name of the Ministry of People’s Security to the Ministry of Social Security has its origins in...
Security officials demand US dollar bribe from travelling family
Security officials in South Hamgyong Province arrested a family travelling northwards by car last month and have detained them until they pay a USD...
Elderly Ryanggang Province resident pays bribe to escape punishment
An elderly North Korean man living in Ryanggang Province was recently arrested and then released after paying a bribe to a local law enforcement...
N. Korean man killed by relatives after spat over money
A 40-year-old man was killed in Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, after suffering from a severe beating by two of his relatives on Feb. 10.
"A man...
